Walters downplayed her placement on THR's media power list, where she shares space with fellow TV heavyweights Diane Sawyer and Matt Lauer, saying she didn't feel qualified. (Sidenote: So humble, that Barbara.)

Arriving to the midtown Manhattan Four Seasons Grill Room "casually early," she hobnobbed amongst a glittery who's who of partygoers including Katie Couric, CBS chief Les Moonves and Fox News honcho Roger Ailes, with whom she talked for a while at a reserved table.